It was to be India's first movie in Cinemascope but the project was shelved only by a few days of the shooting.
Murthy, credited to have shot India's first Cinemascope movie Kagaz Ke Phool, is
best remembered for his stunning camera work for all films of legendary Guru Dutt.
In the 1950s, the potential of 35 mm film to provide wider
projected images was explored in the processes of Cinemascope(1953) and VistaVision(1954), following multi-projector systems such as Cinerama 1952.
From 1956 until the close of the MGM cartoon studio a year later,
all Tom and Jerry cartoons were produced in Cinemascope, some even had their soundtracks recorded in Perspecta Stereo.
From 1955 until the close of the MGM cartoon studio a year later,
all Tom and Jerry cartoons were produced in Cinemascope, some even had their soundtracks recorded in Perspecta directional audio.
Before 1954, all Tom and Jerry cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio and format; in 1954 and 1955, some of the output was dually produced in dual versions: one Academy-ratio negative composed for a flat widescreen(1.75:1)
format and one shot in the Cinemascope process.